World Weather Attribution links Spain fires to climate change; 300,000 hectares burned in 2026
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Research by World Weather Attribution, an international organization, confirms that extreme conditions driving fires in Spain and Portugal are 40 times more likely due to climate warming. By September, approximately 300,000 hectares have burned in Spain—roughly half the entire European Union's forest fire damage for the year.
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“It was immense, I've never seen anything like it.”
Juan Ángel Izquierdo, Farmer in Gredos mountains · rss ↗
Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister of SpainErnesto Rodríguez Camino President of Spanish Meteorology AssociationWorld Weather Attribution International climate research organization